Triton XV, Lot: 1490. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.80 g, 7h). Spanish mint (Emerita?). Struck 19-18 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right / Round shield inscribed S • P • Q • R/CL • V in two lines. RIC I 42a; RSC 294; BMCRE 333-4 = BMCRR 128-9; BN 1311-5. Near EF, lightly toned, with underlying luster.